Mithridates (Persian general)
Mithridates | |
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Μιθριδάτης or Μιθραδάτης | |
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| Died | d. 334 BC |
| Cause of death | stabbed with a lance by Alexander the Great |
Mithridates or Mithradates (Greek: Μιθριδάτης or Μιθραδάτης) was a Persian noble. His wife was the daughter of Darius III with the sister of Pharnaces, which made him the son-in-law of Darius. He was slain by the hand of Alexander the Great himself, at the Battle of the Granicus (modern-day Turkey) in 334 BC, when Alexander plunged his lance through Mithridates' face.